Will he, won't he? Cable dabbles in chancellor speculation

Vince Cable denied he was pushing for the chancellor's job today, despite pointedly saying he would be good at it last night.

The business secretary raised eyebrows on Newsnight when he said he would "probably" do a good job of being chancellor, just hours after official figures showed the UK was in an even deeper recession that previously thought.

But speaking to the Today programme this morning, Cable was careful to defend George Osborne.